Workers' Compensation

If you are injured on the job, you are entitled to compensation,
regardless of who is at fault.

Worker's compensation laws require that your employer compensate
you if you are injured in the course of your employment. Unlike
other personal injury situations, you will not have to prove that
your employer caused your injury. This makes recovering money from
your employer much easier. Since recovering money is easier under
the worker's compensation process, you will not be permitted to
recover as much money as you would in the typical personal injury
lawsuit.

In order to take advantage of worker's compensation laws, you
must be an employee (not an independent contractor), and your injury
must have occurred during the course of your employment. If you are
injured on the job, your employer will pay for your medical
expenses, and you will receive some percentage of your wages while
you are unable to work. In exchange for these guaranteed payments
you will not be able to sue your employer. You may, however, still
sue any third party who may have negligently contributed to, or
caused, your injury.